Center for Global Food Security

January 15, 2014

The Center for Global Food Security at Purdue University announces the opening of the application cycle for the 2014 U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security. This program is generously funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the aim to boost the number of future leaders and decision-makers who have the scientific base needed to effectively study and promote sustainable food systems. The 2014 U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute will take place on the campus of Purdue University, West Lafayette June 8-20, 2014.

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April 10, 2015

It's hard for Americans, who have such plentiful food, to imagine that the world would face a tremendous food crisis in the next generation, but prize-winning scientist Gebisa Ejeta is worried. "We all are," Ejeta said at Montana State University, where the Board of International Food and Agricultural Development is meeting Thursday and Friday.

February 18, 2015

Agronomy professor Ronald Turco, who has served as director of the Purdue Water Community since its inception in spring 2011, has been selected as the new director of the Purdue Global Sustainability Institute in Discovery Park.

January 12, 2015

U.S. students enrolled in an accredited U.S. graduate program can apply for international research grants of $15,000 to $40,000 through Purdue University's U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security program and funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).